Sydney McMullen has some goals she’s hoping to achieve, and if she’s successful, it’s very likely Ashland’s softball team will qualify for the playoffs.
Last year, the right-handed pitcher posted a 5-8 record and had a 3.43 earned-run...
Apr 2018
Apr 2018
Join us on Sunday, April 29 for Ashland’s second annual Color Splash Run! Participants of this road race will be doused with colored powder by volunteers at each of the Color Stops, and by the end of the race everyone will be looking like...
Coming Together to Support Chemotherapy Patients
Apr 2018
Heidi Wesolowski had explained to her five-year-old son, Aidan, the night before that she’d be out volunteering the next day “to help make quilts filled with love for people who are sick.” So Aidan and his younger sister, Leah, soon to be three,...
Apr 2018
The all-volunteer run and widely popular Ashland Farmers Market (AFM) will hold its first-ever spring market on April 7, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ashland Middle School, 87 West Union St.
“We’ll have at least 25 food vendors participating,...
Apr 2018
Residents at the May 2 town meeting will have the opportunity to vote to purchase the Valentine Estate, an historic, almost eight-acre parcel of land at 133 West Union St. (Rt. 135).
Board of Selectmen (BOS) Chair Carl Hakansson explained...
Apr 2018
This year’s town meeting will have an entire evening, Tuesday, May 8, devoted to proposed changes to the town’s charter. The meeting will be held in the Ashland High School auditorium, 7 p.m.
“The [charter review] committee was deeply aware...
This spring’s town meeting may run three nights, with one night for the town charter
Apr 2018
This year’s town meeting is set to run, 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 2; Tuesday, May 8; and Thursday, May 10 at the Ashland High School (AHS) Auditorium, 65 East Union St.
“We will start on May 2 and go through the warrant as we normally do,...
Apr 2018
The Ashland Business Association (ABA) will hold a business networking social with Needham Bank, 41 Front St., from 5 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 3. Beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Stone’s Public House. RSVP to ABA Membership...
Apr 2018
As the weather warms up, more residents will take to walking in local open spaces. The Ashland Town Forest Committee wants to make sure that residents are safe.
“Since I became chair, we have focused on ensuring that the trails are as user...
Apr 2018
The town’s Stormwater Advisory Committee held a public forum in early March with Fred Civian, Mass. storm water coordinator, Mass. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The committee is planning more outreach, such as presentations at the...